Watch TV Online Through Streaming Video

The available means for enjoying television shows has changed dramatically in recent years.

Yet most people seem to be intimidated by the notion of setting themselves up to watch television. I suspect they simply think there is more effort than is really required to start watching their favorite TV shows.

While discussing this matter with various people, I've discovered many people still think the art of watching TV online is some kind of sophisticated process with a steep learning curve. Or they think it must involve unethical activity of some sort. It doesn't!

Neither of these perceptions are accurate anymore. Watching your favorite television show is now a days usually as easy as loading your favorite website. And the big studios and television stations have found recently moved to proving more and more (almost all, really) of their shows online through streaming video.

Keep reading to the end of this article to learn where you can find all your favorite shows for free in an entirely legal fashion.

So let's start from the beginning. What exactly is streaming video? The difference between streaming video and downloaded video is that with streaming video you watch the video in real time as it downloads to your computer.

The video is kept in memory for a video player in your browser to process. So unlike downloaded video, you don't have to wait to watch the video. In most cases, you can literally just click and play within your web browser.

A frequent misconception is that Internet video means low-fi video. This may have been the case a few years ago, but these days, between improved broadband access and improved video compression technology, you can watch lots of high quality video for free. You can even watch high definition video more cheaply than you would through cable or digital satellite.

Online video no longer only means distorted, heavily compressed videos of pets doing funny things. You can now easily find entire films as well as entire collections of specific shows all viewable in high definition for free.

These days you will find entire films and entire seasons of TV shows provided through great video services like the free Hulu streaming video site.

There are many benefits to watching video online instead of watching standard television. First of all, the price. Once you learn how to search and find different video sites, you'll understand that you have an almost limitless number of shows you can watch for free at no additional cost and at any time.

Say "so long" to those crazy over-priced digital cable companies.

So move on to taking control of your TV watching schedule instead of having it imposed on you. Care to save your favorite show until late at night when you go to bed instead of watching during prime time. Go for it. Care to enjoy your show while sipping on an espresso at your favorite coffee shop. Go for it.

With better broadband and wireless networks everywhere, there is no reason to limit your TV viewing options anymore. Anywhere you find web access, you may now savor your favorite television programs